20 movies like Not as a Stranger, ordered by similarity : Carol(2015), Woodpeckers(2017), The Cakemaker(2017), Cloud 9(2008), Scarred Hearts(2016), Fool for Love(1985), A Lesson in Love(1954), Cruise(2018), Waterloo Road(1945), Rafiki(2018), Giant Little Ones(2018), Breaking the Waves(1996) ...
Drama
1955
135 Minutes
Olivia de Havilland Robert Mitchum Frank Sinatra Gloria Grahame Broderick Crawford Charles Bickford Myron McCormick Lon Chaney Jesse White Harry Morgan Lee Marvin
medical student nurse doctor mistress friend engaging emotional intense college small town doctor's office household ambition medicine business love infidelity betrayal discovery temptation
An intern (Robert Mitchum) marries a nurse (Olivia de Havilland) who can pay the bills on his way up as a doctor.
Gay & Lesbian, Romance, Drama
UK|USA|Australia
2015
118 Minutes
Cate Blanchett Rooney Mara Sarah Paulson Jake Lacy John Magaro Cory Michael Smith Carrie Brownstein Kevin Crowley Nik Pajic Kyle Chandler
woman love interest divorcée romantic interest lover daughter mother photographer gay/lesbian emotional engaging endearing sad powerful tense united states manhattan new york new york city department store
An aspiring photographer develops an intimate relationship with an older woman in 1950s New York.
Drama
2017
106 Minutes
Jean Jean Ramón Emilio Candelario Judith Rodriguez Jose Cruz Manuel Raposo Karina Valdez Aleja Johnson Carlota Carretero Keunis Álvarez Orestes Amador
prison guard prisoner prisoners messenger gangsters love interest romantic interest romantic rival rival dark disturbing emotional engaging gripping intense moving passionate powerful raw tense
Incarcerated in the Dominican Republic, an inmate uses sign language to communicate with his imprisoned girlfriend at an adjacent institution.
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
Israel|Germany
2017
105 Minutes
Sarah Adler Zohar Strauss Tim Kalkhof Sandra Sade Roy Miller Stephanie Stremler Tagel Eliyahu Tamir Ben Yehuda Eliezer Shimon
baker married man widow lover son family member solemn emotional creative moving passionate bakery jerusalem berlin house kitchen love infidelity homosexuality loss
A German pastry maker travels to Jerusalem in search of the wife and son of his dead lover.
Romance, Drama
Germany
2008
98 Minutes
Ursula Werner Horst Rehberg Horst Westphal Steffi Kühnert
woman man couple lover cheeky confident emotional engaging heartwarming germany home apartment lake love love triangle loveless marriage lovers old age love forbidden love
A romantic drama about a woman who enters into an affair after 30 years of marriage.
Drama, History
2016
141 Minutes
Lucian Teodor Rus Gabriel Spahiu Ivana Mladenovic Ilinca Harnut Bogdan Cotlet Marius Damian Alexandru Dabija Dana Voicu Andrei Rus Liliana Ghita
sick person doctor nurse patient friend amusing profound powerful inspiring touching sanatorium hospital carriage office doctor's office hospital room life illness friendship relationships
Emanuel is committed to a sanatorium for treatment of his bone tuberculosis. Little by little, as Emanuel gets accustomed to the limitations of his new life, he discovers that inside the sanatorium there is still a life to be lived to the fullest.
Drama
USA
1985
105 Minutes
Sam Shepard Kim Basinger Harry Dean Stanton Randy Quaid Martha Crawford Louise Egolf Sura Cox Jonathan Skinner April Russell Deborah McNaughton Lon Hill
woman man half brother lover ex-boyfriend adult brash dark intense emotional melodramatic gripping united states motel las vegas love relationships incest fighting past loves
May is waiting for her boyfriend in a run-down American motel, when an old flame turns up and threatens to undermine her efforts and drag her back into the life that she was running away from. The situation soon turns complicated.
Drama, Comedy
1954
95 Minutes
Eva Dahlbeck Gunnar Björnstrand Harriet Andersson Yvonne Lombard Åke Grönberg Olof Winnerstrand Birgitte Reimer John Elfström Renée Björling Dagmar Ebbesen Sigge Fürst
husband wife lover doctor patient charming emotional sweden household train love marriage adultery aging love discovery 1950s
When a doctor has a summer affair with a young woman, his wife decides to return to her former lover.
Drama, Romance
USA
2018
90 Minutes
Spencer Boldman Emily Ratajkowski Sebastian Maniscalco Lucas Salvagno Kathrine Narducci Noah Robbins Gino Cafarelli Jen Cohn Grace Wan Peter Gaudio
italian-american jewish woman love interest mother father racer passionate emotional engaging charming intense heartwarming long island, n.y. america new york city road home love star-crossed lovers romance
Set in the 1980s, a young Italian-American from the "wrong side of the tracks" falls for a Jewish girl from Long Island.
Comedy, Drama
UK
1945
76 Minutes
John Mills Stewart Granger Alastair Sim Joy Shelton Alison Leggatt Beatrice Varley
soldier draft dodger wife doctor ex-girlfriend air raid warden spirited cheeky engaging intense heartwarming london train station air-raid shelter office street household world war ii marriage deception
A drama set during World War II. A tale of adultery and desertion.
Gay & Lesbian, Romance, Drama
Kenya|South Africa|Germany|Netherlands|France|Norway|Lebanon|UK
2018
83 Minutes
Samantha Mugatsia Sheila Munyiva Neville Misati Nice Githinji Charlie Karumi Muthoni Gathecha Vitalis Waweru Mellen Aura Jimmy Gathu Nini Wacera Dennis Musyoka
best friend father lesbian love interest family member emotional touching cool tender passionate solemn nairobi kenya house bar forbidden love lesbianism secret love secret life forbidden love
"Good Kenyan girls become good Kenyan wives," but Kena and Ziki long for something more. When love blossoms between them, the two girls will be forced to choose between happiness and safety.
Drama
Canada
2018
94 Minutes
Josh Wiggins Darren Mann Taylor Hickson Maria Bello Kyle MacLachlan Niamh Wilson Hailey Kittle Peter Outerbridge Stephanie Moore Kiana Madeira Olivia Scriven
best friend girlfriend mother father partygoer tense emotional touching intense high school party swimming pool house classroom convenience store friendship love growing up teen romance teen culture
Two popular teen boys, best friends since childhood, discover their lives, families, and girlfriends dramatically upended after an unexpected incident occurs on the night of a 17th birthday party.
Drama
Denmark|Sweden|France|Netherlands|Norway|Iceland|Spain|UK
1996
159 Minutes
Emily Watson Stellan Skarsgård Katrin Cartlidge Jean-Marc Barr Adrian Rawlins Sandra Voe Udo Kier Mikkel Gaup Roef Ragas Phil McCall
wife husband lover mother doctor sailor emotional dark scotland small town coast household church infidelity paralysis love sex god accident forbidden love
Oilman Jan is paralyzed in an accident. His wife, who prayed for his return, feels guilty; even more, when Jan urges her to have sex with another.
Comedy, Biography, Drama
France|USA
2018
113 Minutes
Joaquin Phoenix Jonah Hill Rooney Mara Jack Black Carrie Brownstein Beth Ditto Kim Gordon Udo Kier
handicapped person alcoholic artist friend girlfriend family member inspiring intense emotional powerful quirky witty portland, ore. house doctor's office ambulance street strip club artistic struggle therapy
On the rocky path to sobriety after a life-changing accident, John Callahan discovers the healing power of art, willing his injured hands into drawing hilarious, often controversial cartoons, which bring him a new lease on life.
Romance, Drama
Japan|France
2018
119 Minutes
Erika Karata Masahiro Higashide Sairi Itô Kôji Nakamoto Kôji Seto Misako Tanaka Daichi Watanabe Rio Yamashita
woman love interest ex-boyfriend friend businessman dreamy charming passionate emotional tender japan house road countryside lost love love triangle new love romance love adventure
Asako lives in Osaka. She falls in love with Baku, a free-spirit. One day, Baku suddenly disappears. Two years later, Asako now lives in Tokyo and meets Ryohei. He looks just like Baku, but has a completely different personality.
Comedy, Romance, Drama
India
2018
150 Minutes
Tapsee Pannu Abhishek Bachchan Vicky Kaushal Jasmin Bajwa Ashnoor Kaur Abdul Quadir Amin Saurabh Sachdeva
young woman dj bank employee father mother emotional intense melodramatic inspiring heartwarming charming india disco love triangle loveless marriage wedding true love unconditional love forbidden love love
A love triangle between a spirited young woman, her outgoing boyfriend and a fiance who's husband material.
Animation, Drama
Germany|Austria
2017
96 Minutes
iranian citizen prostitute beautiful woman musician friend lover emotional passionate melodramatic engaging heartwarming spirited iran tehran, iran iranian society religious traditions attraction friendship family honor secrets
In their desperate search for freedom and happiness, four young people from Tehran, Iran are forced to break the taboos of a restrictive, islamic society.
Drama
France
1973
210 Minutes
Bernadette Lafont Jean-Pierre Léaud Françoise Lebrun Isabelle Weingarten Jacques Renard Jean-Noël Picq Geneviève Mnich
boyfriend girlfriend lover brooding emotional sultry paris apartment love triangle love meaning of life jealousy infidelity sex discovery love rivalry 1970s
The chauvinist Alexandre balances relationships with several women, including the maternal Marie and the sexually liberated Veronika, in the post-1968 intellectual scene of Paris.
Comedy, Drama
UK
2013
97 Minutes
Anna Friel Romola Garai Andrew Buchan Philip Davis Isaac Andrews Steven Cree Harry Hadden-Paton Hattie Morahan
love child fiancé fiancée former lover son father emotional engaging gripping heartwarming intense tender united kingdom coast town home hospital family relationships father/son relationship
Jack has finally managed to propose to his girlfriend when his life is turned upside down by the arrival of an old one-night stand that introduces him to his seven year old son.
Drama
USA
1957
94 Minutes
Eleanor Parker Bill Travers George Sanders Jean-Pierre Aumont Francoise Rosay Ellen Corby
doctor wife husband lover servant emotional moving hong kong house village social standing infidelity love marital problems love triangle difficult decision transformation love rescue discovery
In post-WWII Hong Kong, unhappily married Carol has an affair with a married man. Her husband discovers it and presents her with a choice: travel with him to a remote mainland village or face the scandal of a very public divorce.
Drama, History
France|Germany
2016
113 Minutes
Pierre Niney Paula Beer Ernst Stötzner Marie Gruber Johann von Bülow Anton von Lucke Cyrielle Claire Alice De Lencquesaing
widow veteran mysterious man soldier confident dreamy emotional intense france house lake train station world war i grief love friendship love triangle life after wartime love discovery
In the aftermath of WWI, a young German who grieves the death of her fiancé in France meets a mysterious Frenchman who visits the fiancé's grave to lay flowers.